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She Was Crying 

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She pulled up in the driveway with her eyes pleading and tears falling. I asked her if she was okay and she half shook her head. When I asked if she was pregnant the dam broke, and she was sobbing. I asked her to come over to our outreach building for a few minutes so we could talk. She was in a hurry because she had to pick up her kids. We sat for a while in the building, and she explained that she was 16 weeks pregnant with her 4th child by her husband, who was having an affair with another woman. She was heartbroken, and didn't know what to do. She just knew she was pregnant again, and was afraid to tell anyone because of the situation with her estranged husband. Just as we were talking, Sarah called and I switched her to Facetime so she could talk to her. Sarah commiserated with her, and told her she wasn't alone in her feelings or her stress of raising kids. I left her with words of encouragement, my phone number, a list of resources and a mommy`s bag. Sarah and I both reached out over the weekend. We may never know the end of this story but at least we were able to give it a shot and we were able to give a heartbroken woman support. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could turn this negative connotation of pregnancy into a joy no matter when or where it occurs? Couldn’t we just turn this boat around and turn the tears of fear into tears of joy? We are doing our best as advocates and as an organization to fight the negativity and fear. It is unfortunate when sometimes, as in this case, we didn’t have enough time to go through and counter all of the mainstream negatives and preconceptions about unplanned pregnancies. We have reached out with little response from our scared mom. We may never know where she ended up. 

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